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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2007
Tom Langmacher, Washougal, WA (US);
Mary E. Massey, Washougal, WA (US);
David Howell, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Tom Langmacher, Washougal, WA (US);
Mary E. Massey, Washougal, WA (US);
David Howell, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for presenting computer-generated characters. The method defines several frames for a character and sequentially presents the frames. Each frame depicts a particular representation of the character. Also, at least two of the frames provide different representations of the character. Some embodiments provide a method for applying effects to computer-generated characters. This method applies an effect to the computer-generated characters by first generating an effect script. It then selects the generated effect script to apply to the computer-generated characters.